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Hes who he feels like; shes who she feels like.

Peter Gallagher and Julianna Margulies in ‘Left on Tenth.'

You are in for an evening that is altogether too pleasant for its own good.

There is also bad news about her dog.

(Though the two pooches that skitter around onstage over the course of the performance are real highlights.)

But over the course of these events, Delia turns her focus, instead, to her budding romance.

Left on Tenths enfolding coziness leaves little room for Margulies and Gallaghers work.

you might feel her as shes self-pressurizing to carbonate the performance.

Gallagher, meanwhile, is reaching for a handhold on the concept of too good to be true.

Finally, weve got a little tension but still no human conflict.

The characters endure tribulation as the specific texture of their personalities remains at a distance.

Both James and MacCluggage work hard, but neither has much range to traverse.

James is, at one point, a gay neighbor who has lived with AIDS for years.

Left on Tenthis at theJames Earl Jones Theatre.

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